CVE-2006-3910

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 17.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-07-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2, when Outlook is installed, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by calling the NewDefaultItem function of an OVCtl (OVCtl.OVCtl.1) ActiveX object, which triggers a null dereference.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp2

References

http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-20-ovctl-newdefaultitem.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27112
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19079
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2915
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27845
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-20-ovctl-newdefaultitem.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27112
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19079
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2915
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27845

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